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Liliputing reports
Most modern desktop and notebook computers ship with Intel or AMD processors and Windows or OS X software. A few companies are positioning products with ARM-based chips as desktop computers. But the Tavolga Terminal TB-T22BT(русский [1]) is something different.
This all-in-one desktop PC has a MIPS-based processor and runs Debian 8 Linux software.
The computer is made by Russian company T-Platforms, which also offers an SF-BT1 processor module for those that want to build their own hardware.
Both devices use a Baikal-T1 processor which is a 32-bit dual-core MIPS P5600 processor. Like the computers, the chip was designed in Russia, although it's based on work from Imagination Technologies (the company behind the MIPS architecture).
The all-in-one desktop features a 21.5 inch IPS display, support for up to 8GB of DDR3-1600 memory, and up to 64GB of flash storage. It has four USB 2.0 ports, a PS/2 port, Gigabit Ethernet, and a fanless case for silent operation. There's also support for smart cards.
T-Platforms is positioning the TB-T22BT as a device that can either be used as a standalone computer with support for Linux-based apps such as LibreOffice and Firefox, or as a thin client system that you can use to connect to remote machines using remote desktop software.
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(Score: 2) by PinkyGigglebrain on Monday March 07 2016, @01:42AM
All of which can, and will, be checked for as soon as someone in a cyber security company gets their mits on one of these units.
tin foil hat moment aside, this sounds pretty cool
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by captain normal on Monday March 07 2016, @02:59AM
Errr...this is different from computers on sale here, from U.S. companies (mostly made in Asia), how? Sure you can still build your own desktop and boot it to whatever Linux distro you want.
You still have to worry about iffy boot loaders, systemD, and weird stuff in the CPU and HD from China manufacturers etc. Do you trust Kaspersky Labs? They're Russian.
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